Mitchell was part of Ephrata's U-10 All-Star team this year. Our team is comprised of several boys selected from the little league teams (after try-outs) and they practiced and played together for about one month.
Coach Vasquez and Coach Morford were the team leaders, and Bryan and Rod helped as well. We played in 3 tournaments: Chelan, Ellensburg and Moses Lake.
Mitch had a great on-base percentage!
He played a lot of third base, holding down the hot corner!
He was the only leftie on the team and did a great job - even laying down a perfect bunt in one game!
He did some pitching as well.
His dad is pleased with his form on the mound. Our players all got rocked when they pitched, but they threw strikes and improved each time!
The teams we played against are tournament teams, playing together for months. One team even played 50+ games! They travel and do this baseball thing year-round. It's a strange reality. As a result, we did not win any games. However, we did improve mightily and our final game was a 4 run loss to a team that beat us by 20 earlier in the month! Coach V did a good job of keeping the boys' chins up in the face of this "learning through adversity"!
The coaching styles were very different - and sometimes very funny! We appreciated the positive encouragement and the enthusiasm. Here, Mitch steals second with Coach Morford's vocal encouragement.
He stole third as well - and steals his mama's heart each game!
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